Recaps

Magnus arrived to confront the Lamenters and tested Lin En with a psychic strike, only to discover that Lin En absorbed it and expanded his Golden Aura. Magnus stayed outside its reach and ordered his sorcerers to launch a coordinated barrage.

• Magnus surveyed the battlefield and recognized the Golden Aura around Lin En as power from the Emperor.
• Magnus struck Lin En with psychic lightning, but Lin En absorbed it unharmed and his Golden Aura expanded.
• Magnus recalled Mortarion's fate and refused to enter the Golden Aura's range.
• Magnus ordered the Thousand Sons sorcerers to attack Lin En and the Lamenters with a coordinated psychic barrage.

The Lamenters and Adeptus Custodes survived a battlefield-wide psychic barrage without injury, and realized Lin En had protected everyone around him. Lin En sent his warriors charging forward, declaring them immune to psychic attacks.

• Magnus and the Chaos Sorcerers unleashed a massive psychic barrage across the battlefield.
• Phoros ordered the Lamenters to take cover, while Valerian and Carl sheltered behind a Warhound Titan.
• The psychic attacks struck, but the Lamenters and Adeptus Custodes emerged uninjured.
• The survivors realized Lin En had protected them all with his power.
• Lin En urged his warriors to charge and declared them immune to psychic attacks.

Lin En led the Lamenters into battle against Magnus’s daemon army, while his abilities shielded them from psychic attacks. He drew the legendary Immortal Will trait, which could resist even Tzeentch’s influence for thirty minutes.

• Lin En rallied the Lamenters, who charged Magnus’s daemon army beneath the protection of Golden Light and Psychic Paradox.
• Magnus ordered his daemons to attack, but the Lamenters shattered their tide after the daemons lost their psychic advantage.
• Valerian and Carl watched the Lamenters’ charge and agreed that following Lin En’s lead felt exhilarating.
• Lin En received a guaranteed-gold draw for his first encounter with a Traitor Primarch and drew the Immortal Will trait.
• The system revealed that Immortal Will made Lin En highly resistant to disturbances of his will for thirty minutes, even against Tzeentch.

Lin En strengthened the Lamenters with Immortal Will, letting them overwhelm Tzeentch’s Greater Daemons while he countered Magnus’s attacks. He kept Magnus occupied as the two Adeptus Custodes watched from the sidelines, leaving the battle poised for the Lion King’s arrival.

• Lin En activated Immortal Will, clearing the Lamenters’ minds and strengthening their resolve.
• Phoros and Calix led Lamenters squads against two Greater Daemons, while the empowered battle-brothers shouted their loyalty to Lin En.
• Magnus summoned a meteor to crush Phoros’s squad, but Lin En shattered it before it hit.
• Lin En repeatedly destroyed Magnus’s summoned attacks, then traded psychic blasts with him to hold him back.
• Magnus poured more power into a massive psychic beam, and Lin En caught it as the Adeptus Custodes wondered why they were on the battlefield.

Magnus tried to turn the Lamenters against the Imperium, but they ignored him and continued fighting. When the Dark Angels arrived, Lion El'Jonson appeared beside Lin En, leaving Magnus terrified.

• Magnus failed to harm Lin En and taunted the Lamenters with visions of their grim future, urging them to abandon the Imperium.
• The Lamenters ignored Magnus and kept fighting his daemonic army.
• Lin En told Magnus that he would be killed when his big brother arrived.
• The Dark Angels fleet emerged from the Warp aboard the Unyielding Truth, and Magnus realized Lion El'Jonson had come.
• Lion El'Jonson appeared beside Lin En with Fealty and the Emperor's Shield, and Magnus stepped back in fear.

Lion King arrived on the Warp-touched forge world and confronted Magnus, who fled rather than face him. Lion King caught up with his younger brother and challenged him to fight.

• Lion King teleported from the Unyielding Truth to the battlefield, where Lin En greeted him beside Magnus.
• The Dark Angels landed as Lion King surveyed the battlefield and fixed his gaze on Magnus.
• Magnus spread his wings and fled toward the Chaos lines when Lion King approached.
• Lion King used Forest Walk to catch Magnus in midair and force him down onto the metal ground.
• Magnus asked Lion King to let him leave, but Lion King drew Fealty and challenged him to fight.

Lion defeated Magnus in battle and killed him after Lin En strengthened Lion with his abilities. The chapter ended with Lion having personally executed two of his brothers since awakening.

• Magnus fought Lion with a psychic longsword, but Lion repeatedly outmatched him with his swordsmanship and Warp movement.
• Lion punched Magnus hard enough to break his fangs, while Lin En refreshed his buffs and enhanced Lion with [Emperor's Gaze].
• With Lin En's enhancement, Lion shattered Magnus's psychic shield and battered him until he lay mangled on the ground.
• Lion examined Magnus, then drove his sword into Magnus's throat and killed him.
• Lion recalled the atrocities Magnus had committed as Tzeentch's Daemon Prince and reflected that he had now executed two brothers since awakening.

Lion King cut down Magnus, then joined Lin En in overseeing the Dark Angels and Lamenters as they destroyed the Chaos forces on the Forge World. After the battle, the First Legion warriors wondered whether they could persuade Lion King and the Emperor to keep Lin En with them.

• Lion King killed Magnus with a single sword stroke, sending him back to the Warp Forge to await resurrection.
• Lin En shielded and empowered the Dark Angels and Lamenters, helping them kill two Greater Daemons and rout the Chaos army.
• The Dark Angels and Lamenters cleared the Forge World together, while Lion King teleported to its core and killed the Greater Daemon there.
• The allied forces reported no deaths but several critical injuries, and the Dark Angels considered taking Lin En into the First Legion.

After the Dark Angels and Lamenters purged the Forge World of Bolomite, Lin En tried to pull the planet out of the Warp. He succeeded, returning Bolomite to realspace as the Lion King and the others watched.

• The Lion King recognized Lin En's value but accepted that the Emperor's authority prevented him from transferring Lin En to the First Legion, and Azrael proposed future joint operations with the Blood Angels and Lamenters.
• The Dark Angels and Lamenters destroyed the planet's Chaos forces, Hell Forges, and summoning arrays, retaking Bolomite while it remained trapped in Tzeentch's territory.
• Lin En considered using his psychic power to wrap the entire Forge World and drag it out of the Warp.
• Lin En released a vast torrent of golden psychic energy that sealed the planet, then slammed his hand against its surface and forced it back into realspace.
• Bolomite emerged beneath the stars, and the golden shell still covered the planet.

The High Lords learned that Lord Lin En and the Lamenters had pulled the Warp-lost Forge World Bolomite back into Realspace, revealing a possible way to recover other lost Imperial planets. The Chief Astropath then reminded them that they still had to vote on how to treat Lin En and the Lamenters.

• The Chief Astropath reported that Lord Lion, Lord Lin En, the Lamenters, and the Dark Angels had reclaimed Bolomite and returned it from the Warp.
• The High Lords reacted with disbelief as the Chief Astropath explained that Lin En had shielded the entire planet with psychic power and dragged it into Realspace.
• The Minister of the Interior considered the benefits of recovering lost Imperial worlds, while the other High Lords weighed their own interests in Bolomite.
• The High Lords recognized that Lin En’s method might allow the Imperium to reclaim planets and technology stolen by the Warp.
• The Ecclesiarch declared that the Emperor had chosen Lin En to lead the recovery of the Imperium’s lost heritage.
• The Chief Astropath called for a vote on how to treat Lin En and the Lamenters, and the High Lords remembered they had neglected that question.

The Lion King considered whether Caliban’s fragments could be restored after seeing Bolomite returned to Realspace. Meanwhile, the Lamenters received a ninety-nine-year reduction to their Penitent Crusade and celebrated their effective pardon, while Lin En turned his attention to helping the Mantis Warriors.

• The Lion King reflected on Caliban’s destruction and wondered whether its fragments could be brought back and reassembled like Bolomite.
• The High Lords Council reduced the Lamenters’ Penitent Crusade sentence by ninety-nine years in recognition of their service.
• Phoros announced the sentence reduction, and the Lamenters celebrated their return to recognized loyalty before carving a memorial in the ruins.
• The Dark Angels watched the Lamenters celebrate, while their captain defended the Chapter’s emotional reaction.
• Lin En went to the Inquisition’s Astropathic Corps to send a letter to Nieldra and considered finding a way to communicate without relying on the Warp.

Lin En asked the Astropathic Choir to send a secret letter to Nieldra and used his powers to protect and strengthen the Astropaths during the transmission. The message reached toward the Mantis Warriors, whose Inquisitor Grey continued to monitor the chapter despite their obedient conduct.

• Lin En visited the Astropathic Sanctuary and asked its chanting master to send a secret letter to Nieldra through the Inquisitors accompanying the Mantis Warriors.
• The chanting master agreed, and the eight Astropaths prepared to transmit the message through the Warp.
• Lin En surrounded the Astropaths with Golden Light, shielding them from corruption and driving away daemons as they sent the message.
• The strengthened signal pierced the Warp and raced toward the Mantis Warriors.
• Inquisitor Grey monitored the well-behaved Mantis Warriors, who remained traitors until the Imperium formally pardoned them.

Nieldra received a confidential letter from Lin En, who asked how the Mantis Warriors were faring and whether they needed help. After Nieldra assured him they were managing on their own, Lin En headed to Terra with the Lamenters and Dark Angels to confront the High Lords Council over the Edict of Excommunication.

• Inquisitor Grey summoned Nieldra to the surveillance ship to open Lin En’s confidential message under the Inquisition’s supervision.
• Nieldra received Lin En’s letter with reverence and read his offer of help.
• Nieldra replied that the Mantis Warriors were willingly atoning and did not need help.
• Lin En left the Bolomite Forge World’s inspection to the Inquisition and Grey Knights, then prepared to return to Terra.
• The Lamenters and Dark Angels traveled with Lin En’s fleet toward Terra, where Lin En planned to challenge the High Lords Council over the Edict of Excommunication.

Lin En and the Lamenters traveled aboard the Dark Angels' flagship, the Unyielding Truth, toward Terra. The Lion offered to help Lin En if the High Lords Council gave her trouble, and the ship headed for Mars's orbit because it could not approach Terra.

• Lin En and the Lamenters left their ships outside the Solar Sector and boarded the Unyielding Truth.
• Azrael welcomed Lin En and Phoros aboard, then led Lin En and her companions to meet the Lion on the bridge.
• Lin En noticed the ship's many churches as Azrael explained the Dark Angels' devotion to faith.
• The Lion praised Lin En for holding Magnus back and offered his support if the High Lords Council gave her trouble.
• The Lion chose to berth the Unyielding Truth in Mars's orbit so the ship could receive maintenance.

Lin En and the Lamenters arrived on Terra with the Lion King after traveling through Mars's orbital stations. The Lion King went to meet the Emperor, while Lin En and Phoros headed for the High Lords Council to report their mission and confront its members.

• Lin En learned that the Lion King could teleport to Terra but chose to accompany them, and Phoros thanked Lin En for letting the Lamenters see the sun for the first time.
• At Mars, Azrael ordered that the Unyielding Truth receive only external maintenance and that its lower decks remain off limits.
• On the shuttle to Terra, Lin En joked that he would attack the High Lords, then claimed they would reason with them instead.
• The Lion King and Lin En arrived at the palace, where the Lamenters marveled at Terra and its Adamantium Avenue.
• The Lion King went into the palace to pay his respects to the Emperor, while Lin En and Phoros set off for the High Lords Council.

Phoros reported the Lamenters’ victories in the Abyssal Crusade, and the High Lords unanimously waived the Chapter’s Penitent Crusade. Lin En refused to accept the decision as sufficient and accused the Inquisition before the council, just as someone else entered the hall.

• Phoros gave the High Lords an account of the Abyssal Crusade and the Lamenters’ return with the Forge World.
• The High Lords unanimously voted to waive the Lamenters’ Penitent Crusade and signed the order.
• Lin En watched the vote through a holographic projection and rejected the idea that the waiver settled the matter.
• Lin En entered the assembly hall with Valerian and Carl, accused the Inquisition of causing the Lamenters’ excessive sentence, and said he would bring charges.
• The assembly hall doors opened again, drawing every eye toward the unidentified arrival.

Lin En exposed an infiltrator within the Inquisition by spreading the Emperor’s Gaze and revealing the deputy chief inquisitor’s corruption. The High Lords saw the deputy transform, confirming signs of Tzeentch’s influence.

• The Regent and the Lion King entered the High Lords Council, alarming the High Lords and especially the newly appointed head of the Inquisition.
• Lin En spread his Golden Light and the Emperor’s Gaze across the hall and nearby corridors, causing people to kneel and pray.
• The Inquisition’s deputy chief inquisitor trembled under the Emperor’s Gaze while the new head of the Inquisition realized something was wrong with him.
• Lin En activated Eye of True Sight with Mass Healing Aura, revealing extra eyes and blue-purple hair on the deputy.
• The High Lords stood as they recognized the deputy’s transformation as signs of Tzeentch’s corruption.

Lin En and the Grey Knights purged the Tzeentch daemon hiding in the High Lords Council, exposing the council’s failure to detect the corruption. Guilliman and the Lion ordered Lin En to leave with the Lamenters while they dealt with the High Lords, and the chapter left the crowd outside wondering what had happened inside.

• The Inquisition deputy transformed into a Tzeentch daemon and attacked the council chamber.
• The Grey Knights, empowered by Lin En’s auras, killed the daemon and confirmed that its corruption had been purged.
• The Ecclesiarchy’s High Priest admitted the council’s responsibility and promised compensation for the Lamenters and the Mantis Warriors.
• Guilliman praised Lin En, and the Lion and Guilliman told him to leave with the Lamenters while they confronted the High Lords.
• Lin En led the Lamenters out of the council, leaving the gathered onlookers to wonder whether the Inquisition and High Lords had been defeated.

Lin En and Phoros inspected the Lamenters’ newly granted base on Terra, where the Chapter’s restored reputation drew warm visits and honor gifts from other Chapters. Phoros ended the day praying before the Emperor’s statue and renewed his resolve to defend the Lamenters and remain loyal to Lin En.

• Lin En led Phoros through the Ministry of Military Affairs district to the Lamenters’ new base, where Phoros marveled that the Chapter had earned a place on Terra.
• Lin En showed Phoros around the building, and Calix brought the Battle Standard, which the Lamenters hung outside to mark their base.
• Nearby successor Chapters and parent Chapters, including the Ultramarines, Imperial Fists, and White Scars, visited and exchanged honor gifts with the Lamenters.
• Phoros and the company commanders spent the day welcoming visitors and returning gifts, while Lin En stayed in the main hall and watched Phoros grow more cheerful.
• That evening, Phoros prayed in the Chapter’s chapel, laid his sword before the altar, and vowed to defend the Emperor, Sanguinius, the Lamenters, and Lin En.

Lin En secured compensation from the Inquisition and persuaded the High Lords Council to make Bolomite the Lamenters' homeworld. The Lamenters gained control of the planet's military industries, along with reconstruction supplies and population, and Lin En imagined its eventual recovery.

• Three Lord Inquisitors apologized to Lin En on behalf of the Inquisition and delivered a huge compensation payment to the Lamenters and the Mantis Warriors.
• Lin En celebrated that the compensation gave the Lamenters enough funding to build their future homeworld.
• After Bolomite passed an Inquisition inspection, Lin En applied to have the former Forge World designated as the Lamenters' homeworld, and the High Lords Council approved the request unanimously.
• The Imperium took control of Bolomite's Warhound Titan production lines and compensated the Lamenters with reconstruction supplies and population, while allowing them to keep the other military factories.
• Lin En saw Bolomite marked on the Imperial star map as the Lamenters' homeworld and imagined the Chapter rebuilding the planet's industry and forging a future there.

Lin En and the Lamenters returned to Bolomite, their new homeworld, and celebrated the chance to rebuild it. They began clearing the poisoned atmosphere and landed on the ruined planet, where its desolation made the work ahead clear.

• Bolomite remained wedged between reality and the Warp near the Great Rift, and the Imperium assigned it to the Lamenters to guard the Maelstrom.
• Lin En inspected Bolomite’s industrial potential with Phoros and announced that the Lamenters should build their homeworld there.
• The Lamenters cheered as Bolomite came into view, and Phoros hoped that life for the Chapter would improve.
• Lin En and the others kept the fleet in orbit and used purification units to cleanse Bolomite’s remaining poison clouds.
• Lin En led the warriors down to the surface, where they found ruined furnaces, scattered wreckage, and no living inhabitants.

The Lamenters cleared ruins on Bolomite to establish their Chapter quarters, then uncovered a sealed underground entrance. Phoros led a squad into the shaft to investigate and returned half an hour later, leaving what they found below unexplained.

• Lin En watched the Lamenters clear and sort the ruins while two Adeptus Custodes guarded him.
• Phoros lifted a massive steel plate and uncovered a dark shaft beneath the ruins.
• Lin En joined Phoros at the entrance and agreed to let him investigate with six other Lamenters.
• Lin En activated his aura and Thirty Days, and Phoros led the squad down the shaft.
• After Lin En waited by the entrance, Phoros and the squad returned half an hour later.

Lin En and the Lamenters discovered an intact underground fortress on Bolomite and began establishing it as their base. After planning the planet’s future settlements and monastery, Lin En looked out over the cleared land and imagined the chapter’s new home taking shape.

• Phoros reported that the underground space was intact, and Lin En followed him and the Adeptus Custodes down the chute to inspect it.
• Lin En and Phoros found a vast underground hall with functioning power and intact surrounding facilities, which Phoros identified as a ready-made fortress.
• The Lamenters organized the underground fortress, repaired its lift, and designated areas for housing, manufacturing, the legion’s base, and a port.
• Lin En reviewed Phoros’s plan, recognized its resemblance to Macragge’s layout, and went with Phoros to view the surface.
• Lin En looked across the cleared plains and pictured Bolomite becoming a settled homeworld for the Lamenters.

While the Lamenters rebuilt Bolomite, Lin En received an alert that the Leviathan Hive Fleet would reach Baal in three months. He halted construction and prepared the Lamenters to support Baal against the coming Tyranid invasion.

• Lin En directed Machine Spirits and Lamenters as they cleared Bolomite's ruins and salvaged its machinery.
• The system warned Lin En that the Blood Angels' homeworld, Baal, faced a Tyranid invasion, estimating the Hive Fleet's arrival in three months.
• Lin En realized the approaching fleet was Leviathan and prepared to answer the emergency.
• Lin En stopped the Machine Spirits and ordered the Lamenters to leave reconstruction and focus on a more urgent task.
• The chapter recounted the devastating losses the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters suffered in the Defense of Baal before Guilliman arrived.

After learning that the Leviathan Hive Fleet would reach Baal in three months, Lin En mobilized the Lamenters and urged Guilliman to recall the Blood Angels' successor Chapters and send reinforcements. Guilliman accepted the warning, and Lin En prepared to leave Bolomite for Baal.

• Lin En told Phoros that the Leviathan Hive Fleet would attack Baal in three months and ordered him to gather the Lamenters for the return journey.
• Lin En contacted Guilliman through the Webway Communicator and reported the approaching Tyranid fleet.
• Lin En urged Guilliman to warn the Blood Angels and their successor Chapters, recall them to Baal, and send Imperial reinforcements.
• After questioning Lin En's certainty, Guilliman agreed to issue the warning and mobilize support.
• Lin En told Guilliman that he and Phoros were preparing to depart Bolomite for Baal.